Never Retire: How My Work Schedule Has Evolved Since Moving To Spain

It's a critical element of Never Retiring and - I think - I have it on autopilot

If you decide that you'll Never Retire, you need to work.

Obviously.

However, the critical component of any work meets life story is to not break your back working. To live—and work—more evenly throughout the lifespan so you're able to do what you're doing at the age you are today 10, 20, 30 years from now.

If there's a guiding principle or overarching theme of this newsletter, that is it.

To organize money and work around your life, not the other way around. I managed to do this in the United States—even in Los Angeles—however, I feel like I only half-assed this process. There’s a pretty simple reason why this is already different in Spain and will evolve into something even more different once we’re settled.

But first, speaking of work and not half-assing things…

Part of why I am able to work the way I do (as I am about to explain) is because my work as a writer directly connects to my life. It is my livelihood in more ways than one. However, work is not my identity. Living life and sharing my experience of that process is a big part of it. This—or that—just so happens to be… my work.

The work my wife is about to do here will be similar.

It’s not merely that we’re working on our passions. It’s that these passions—this work—has direct connections to the lives we live every single day. And to our surroundings.

For me, this newsletter best illustrates this dynamic. It’s the work I intend to do for the rest of my life. To help me get there, you won’t be half-assing it by upgrading to a paid subscription, particularly a founding membership. At $100 or more, it’s the best value given that I comp all founding members for life.